To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.
Latest action · Mar 14, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Secretary to revise any regulations establishing conditions of Medicare participation for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers relating to anesthesia services to provide that nurse anesthetists may furnish such services under: (1) the medical direction of an immediately available anesthesiologist; (2) the supervision of an immediately available physician; or (3) a written collaboration agreement with an immediately available physician or physician group experienced in anesthesia administration and credentialed by the hospital and ambulatory surgical center to participate in such collaboration.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Nov 15, 2001; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Feb 14, 2001 |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-MD | Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Ken Bentsen | Mar 29, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-FL | Joe Scarborough | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-CO | Scott McInnis | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | May 15, 2001 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 17, 2001 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | May 17, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| R-IA | Greg Ganske | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| D-MS | Ronnie Shows | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 11, 2001 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Aug 1, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Nov 15, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2001 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Feb 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 332 | A bill to provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the medicare program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services. | Identical bill | Feb 14, 2001 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Ambulatory care
- Anesthetics
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government statistics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Hospital care
- Hospital patients
- Law
- Medical statistics
- Medicare
- Mortality
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Quality of care
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Surgery
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
